| Re: Video - Cal Speedway Road Course 5/26/07 Redline Track Events |
Subject: Re: Video - Cal Speedway Road Course 5/26/07 Redline Track Events by BillH on 2008/6/6 14:35:19 One of the best things that a newer driver can do is hire an instructor to do the full day with them. Yea, it costs some bucks but less than doing 2 track days trying to learn by yourself. The improvements in your lap times will be more than double what 2 track days by yourself would be. The problem is finding a really good instructor. The guy I instructed 3 weeks ago was a novice but running in the "B" group. '03 Z06, coilvers,slicks, raceseats & harness. He had done the Bondaurant 2 day and 3 HPDE's at ThunderHill. Since he was at a new track, the first 2 sessions were just learning the track and me getting a feel for where he was at. Mid day sessions we worked on individual corners and his techniques especially braking and H&T. Debriefs at the end of each session including drawing lines and making notes on the track maps. Also worked on car adjustment, tire temps,etc. Before lunch, he was pointing by faster cars in the "B" group. In the mid afternoon sessions, no point bys and he was pulling away from all the "B" drivers. I put a stopwatch on some of the Corvettes in the "A" group. In his last session, he was turning lap times as fast or faster than the "A" drivers. His lap times dropped 2.75 seconds from what he was doing in mid day. I also instructed an "A" driver in a '08 C6 last month. I had him pull into the hotpit twice to get away from groups of "faster" drivers that were very poor lines. |
